I think 3B is going to be a dangerous draft position this season. Half of my top 10 has the chance to absolutely explode and be overall top 10 scorers or the chance to disintegrate and be simply average.

Wow Tavish, that's really high for Chavez. I haven't done mine yet but I don't think that he'll be in my top five.

It might be high, but I think there is a very good chance for a Beltre-type breakout year for Chavez in 2005. I hate the stadium he hits in which makes it a difficult projection, but he should have a legitimate shot at 40+ HR and an average hovering around if not above .300. Both Rolen and Beltre I think will come back closer to their career numbers especially in the BA department.

wreves wrote:Huff should be ahead of Mora, and Lowell and Chipper are way to low..Figgins too, if he gets a starting gig.

Huff and Mora I have about even. Huff's extra eligibilty is handy, and on base statistics (BA/OPS) I would say the two would produce very similar numbers. I'm not at all sold on the D-Ray's lineup and I believe Mora will get the advantage in RBI/R. Mora should also snag a few more SB than Huff will.

As for Lowell and Chipper being too low, I would be interested to see who you would put them ahead of. I don't see any way they break into the top 5 (maybe Lowell if you use him only for the first half and trade away for value). If Glaus is healthy he would be the player I would consider undervalued but I guess if you aren't sold on him playing a full season (I wouldn't argue that a bit) then Chipper and Lowell would be more valuable. Those two moving up one or two spots when most of the 3B I have 6-10 will probably all go around the same spot in the draft doesn't seem like being way too low though.

I have Figgins that low for basically the reason you stated. I'm not at all sold on him having a spot all season long. Guillen and Glaus moving out is a great sign that he will get time somewhere. Even when he is playing he simply doesn't steal enough (where a majority of his value comes from) to make a major jump into the second tier of 3B. The same basically goes for Freel.

I would have been better off leaving the rest of the group off since I wouldn't want to touch anyone ranked below Figgins, but the thread asked for 20 and I threw some random 3B I thought of onto the list (that'll teach me not to check Dmitri's games played).